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https://doi.org/10.21857/9xn31co1gy

Antonomasias in Contemporary Croatian Dictionaries

Ana Grgić ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Davor Nikolić orcid.org/0000-0003-4962-7798 ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the lexicographic treatment of established metonymic
and metaphoric antonomasias in the Croatian language. Due to their linguistic
establishment as parts of idioms or as eponyms, the treatment of antonomasias
in dictionaries is a common lexicographic procedure, which is confirmed
by the analysis of contemporary Croatian monolingual dictionaries. Closer
analysis nevertheless shows the variety of lexicographic approaches: some include
eponyms only, some recognize the figurative meanings of certain names while
others treat names encyclopaedically but list figurative meanings unsystematically.
Research also shows the potential benefits of an independent dictionary of
antonomasias, and therefore this paper aims at solving the initial problems preceding
such a lexicographic project.

Keywords

antonomasia; proper name; lexicography; metaphor; metonymy

Hrčak ID:

267541

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/267541

Publication date:

17.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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